English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bracklesham Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of East and West Wittering

Historical Forms

  • Bracldeshamstede 714 BCS132 14th
  • Brakelesham 945 BCS807 14th Sele 1150 FA 1233 1428
  • Braclesham 1278–94 Pat 1296 SR
  • Braklesham 1327 SR
  • Bracclesham 1428 FA
  • Brekelesham 1305 Ass
  • Bragglesham 1635 Heron-Allen

Etymology

The first element is the pers. name Braccol discussed in PN Bk 83. The second is ham . For the addition of stede in the earliest form cf. Sidlesham supra 85.